120-million-year-old dinosaur toe bone found in South Korea

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<strong>A fossil assumed to be a toe bone of a dinosaur dating back to 120 million years has been discovered on a western island, the city government of Ansan said on Wednesday.</strong></p>
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The city government of Ansan, southwest of Seoul, said the 4.5-centimetre-long fossil was found by a citizen on Daebu Island last month, Yonhap news agency reported.<br />
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It is believed to have belonged to a plant-eating basal ceratopsian dinosaur known as Koreaceratops, which existed on the Korean Peninsula about 120 million years ago during the Albian age.<br />
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The phalanx fossil was almost perfectly preserved, officials said.<br />
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The city government reported the finding to the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) in the country.<br />
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The CHA views the remains as having academic value and plans to send it to the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage for a more detailed study.<br />
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In 2000, five dinosaur footprints, likely left about 100 million years ago, were found at a quarry on the island.</p>
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<em>(IANS)</em></p>